FloodZoneCheck

Is York County, VA in a flood zone?

FEMA's National Risk Index puts York County's flood hazard at the 57.9th percentile nationally — below the national norm for flood hazard — split between inland river flooding (about once every 1 years) and coastal storm surge (about 3.7 times a year). This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.

Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires

The raw NFIP numbers for York County would imply over 100% of mandated homes carry a policy, which just means FEMA's structure-count denominator for this county is wrong, not that compliance is unusually good. This is flagged rather than clipped to look normal — details in the data quality guide. Across all residential structures in York County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 11% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.

How York County compares nationally

York County sits at rank 1385 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 776 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). York County, Virginia covers 104.703 square miles and counts roughly 71,410 residents.

Checking a specific address in York County

2,493 of York County's 22,587 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.

Look up the exact zone for your parcel

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed York County's numbers. See the data quality guide for why York County, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.